Location: Budapest
Division: Public Affairs Division
Working Pattern: Full time, hybrid working (2 days in office, 3 days from home)
Start date: We are looking for a candidate to start as soon as possible as such we may conduct interviews and appoint before the closing date for the right candidate, so we would encourage early applications.
Closing date: 11th October 2024

About The Role
At Grayling Hungary, we are looking for a candidate with a passion for politics and a desire to jump start their career as part of our public affairs team, where you will have the opportunity to work on a number of market-leading international client assignments. Our client base spans a wide range of sectors including industry, technology, and manufacturing. The role requires solid political knowledge and judgment, as well as an understanding of Hungarian and European Union policy processes and procedures. Good communication and presentation skills are also required. The role has a particular focus on Hungarian politics and responsibilities will include support in client servicing and problem solving, political and policy monitoring, researching and writing.

The day to day
The position of Junior Consultant is varied but daily tasks will involve:

• Supporting your line manager, the Director of Public Affairs Division, with the delivery of the full range of services for our Public Affairs accounts
• Ensuring that the quality of work we deliver for all our clients is always of the highest standard and that we maintain client satisfaction
• Support to senior team members in proactive consultancy to clients; this will require keeping up-to-date with relevant business and political developments
• Daily contact with your clients
• Attending and contributing to client meetings
• Organising client events
• Drafting policy briefings and providing daily and weekly intelligence reports for our clients
• Connects with colleagues from across the global Grayling network, leveraging opportunities to work together to enhance professional development and learning
• Contributing to our departmental marketing strategy and set-piece Grayling events

What will give you to the edge

• Strong understanding of politics, politicians and political processes
• Digitally savvy
• A meticulous eye for detail
• Curious – a desire to learn, improve, apply new knowledge and develop self
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills both in Hungarian and in English
• Creative thinker and problem solver, with strong judgement
• Commercially aware and decisive
• Confident networker
• Supportive, inspiring and motivational team player
• Self-aware and able to adapt personal style and approach to clients and team
• Ability to juggle multiple and changing priorities

Who we are?
Grayling is one of the world's best-connected communications agencies. With over 30 offices around the world, we create advantage for our clients through insight-led campaigns that deliver tangible results. We're growing fast, winning pitches and looking for the best talent to join us!
We are proudly part of Accordience, an international public relation, public affairs, financial and corporate communications group – made up of Grayling, Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR), Red and Cirkle. Together, we have c.1,000 employees and operations in 30 countries.
We believe diversity is strength. Our commitment at Grayling is to combine our employees' unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build a more diverse and inclusive organization that represents all of us and the businesses we work with. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will give fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, family or parental status, neurodiversity and disability status.